How Many Of You Melt Your Silver?

At one time, 90% silver coins were "common circulating U.S. coins". Anyone feel like ridiculing someone with the foresight to have saved a few thousand of them? I sure don't.



Exactly so. Even when we no longer need this or that habit, it can be virtually impossible to get rid of them. I scrimped, saved, and invested for many years so that I could retire comfortably at an age young enough to actually enjoy that time of life. Now that this goal has been achieved, do you think I can spend the money that I have acquired? No, not really. My saving and investing habits are just too powerful for me to over-ride them, even though I recognize that they are no longer a requirement. I just do not like spending money all that much. I will make an exception now and then for some nice coins, of course, but that seems more to me like converting one form of money into another than actually spending money on "things".

The only thing that would ever tempt me to melt down any silver was if there were vampires lurking about and I needed to cast a few bullets.

Still in effect since 2006


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from:http://www.usatoday.com/money/2006-...n-usat_x.htm

Can't prove it is real once you melt it down, costs to much to do so and turn into bars, no meat left on the bone....

Like Ed said, you could melt them down to make some silver bullets in case you want to build your own "Vampire slaying kit", rof!

And believe it or not, a few make them and sell them on ebay for 200 to 400 a pop each time, lol. But, by the time you buy the holy water, and old rosary beads, antique NON firing pistol, buy the material to make some wooden stakes and build the box first class, buy an old bible, ad other trinkets like vampire garlic replant, you don't have much (again) meat left on the bone....

Cost to make 150. Profit after ebay and pay-pal like 20 bucks. The satisfaction of selling someone a homemade vampire killing kit, priceless....

They actually made these for century's a key for travel across the European country side in the dark cold winter. Real ones bring big money, as I saw one sell on an auction show for 12 grand, and it had a crossbow with a silver tipped arrow....

I don't have one of these, but one would think it would make a good coffee table converstaion piece. What does this have to do with anything, well another fine example of silver actually being used in these sets, lol....


http://cgi.ebay.com/Vampire-Hunter-...em2310fae26f

As Clint Eastwood said in the Gautlet (1977). Any lawyers here?

Shockley : "Now the next turkey who tries that, I'm gonna shoot 'em, stuff 'em and stick an apple in his ass, any takers? You? You? You? You?"

Biker : "Hey man, you can't do this without a warrant!"

Shockley : "Man says I need a warrant, huh? Well the man don't know jack sh*t! Now anybody here know more about the law here than me? Any lawyers here? Any lawyers wanna tell me why I don't need a warrant?"

Biker : "Hey man, why don't you get off our case."

Shockley : "You with the f*ckin' hair. You look smart. Why don't you tell me why I'm entitled to come in here any time I please."

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From WikiLaw3k.org. Here is the law.

"Section 331 of Title 18 of the United States code provides criminal penalties for anyone who fraudulently alters, defaces, mutilates impairs, diminishes, falsifies, scales, or lightens any of the coins coined at the Mints of the United States. This statute means that you may be violating the law if you change the appearance of the coin and fraudulently represent it to be other than the altered coin that it is. As a matter of policy, the Mint does not promote coloring, plating or altering U.S. coinage: however, there are no sanctions against such activity absent fraudulent intent"

It could not be any clearer, you can do anything you want to do with your coins as long as you are not trying to commit fraud with your altered coins.

This applies to all US coins... but things get a little cloudy...

...As of April of 2007 the US Mint Under new rules, made it "illegal to melt pennies and nickels" according to one major news outlet.

Now the interesting thing is the use of the word "rule" instead of "law".

The mint cannot pass laws. Only Congress can pass laws but what do the major news organizations care what the constitution says?

I've tried to find out if the "rule" governing the melting of pennies and nickels has actual become law , My research suggests it has not. Please correct me if I'm wrong.

At any rate, the current actual law makes it clear that melting or defacing your US coins (any and all coins including pennies and nickels) is not illegal and since, in this case, the passing of a new law would contradict a current law and changing the old law is extremely unlikely to happen. I would suggest the mint is all bark and no bite.

Conclusion: As long as you are not trying to commit fraud, you can do whatever you like to with your coins.
As far as the new "rules" regarding pennies and nickels, the mint, with the help of the un-American press, can claim and say anything they like but you can't be prosecuted for a law that does not exist.

http://www.wikilaw3k.org/forum1/Law...l-606181.htm

The Danester

No doubt that whole thing was started by undertakers who wanted something more valuable that lead to recover from dead bodies.

Thanks Fredd,I knew that one was the key but couldn't track it down. By the way Ed_B,I believe silver bullets are for werewolves,wooden stakes to the heart are for vampires. I could be wrong but I remember Lon Chaney being beaten with a silver=tipped cane resulting in his demise as a werewolf. We need to be careful with info accuracy,you wouldn't want to send some CCF member out in this dangerous world with the wrong tools for killing mythical monsters would you? Think of the liability attached to that!

Not to worry, Hock. They had it wrong back then. The beauty and purity of essence of silver will definitely be quite toxic to any Creature of Darkness. Whether they be werewolves, vampires, demons, etc., all will fall before the silver bullets of my mighty .41 magnum!